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The Northwest
Missourian thursday
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Oct. 22, 2009 | V85 | N8
This week CAMPUS
ISA Dinner The Northwest Missouri State University Indian Student Association’s Annual Dinner begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. Tickets, $12 for the public and $10 for ISA members, will be sold from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Friday, Oct. 30, near the J.W. Jones Student Union’s food court.
President John Jasinski’s Inauguration
HIS LEGACY BEGINS
Office Award The Student Affairs office won the Office decorating contest in honor of Homecoming week. The contest was designed to add more fun for students and faculty during the week-long event, according to Angel McAdams-Prescott, director of campus activities.
Community
PF Banquet
Breaking Down the President
The Northwest Missouri Chapter of Pheasants Forever will host its 8th Annual Banquet on Nov. 7 at Younger’s Auction Gallery. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner and a fundraising auction to follow. All proceeds from the event go to the NWMO PF chapter’s wildlife habitat and youth conservation efforts. For tickets to the banquet, please contact Chad McCollough at 816.341.0188 or by email at Treas0707@pfofficers. org.
Favorites: Food - everything ... Polish food or his wife’s meatloaf Band - Beatles, Tony Bennet and U2 Color - green Movie - Field of Dreams Dream Vacation - anywhere with my wife and kids where we can shut down and relax First Car - blue Buick convertible lesabre Coffee or tea - coffee Winter or summer - summer Play a musical instrument - not well
Bearcats Thursday -Women’s Soccer at Emporia State in Emporia, Kan., 2 p.m. Friday -Volleyball vs. Fort Hays State, 7 p.m. at home Saturday -Cross Country at MIAA Championships in Emporia, Kan., 10 a.m. -Women’s Soccer vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 11:30 a.m. at home -Football vs. Washburn, 1:30 p.m. at home. Homecoming -Volleyball vs. Emporia State, 6 p.m. at home
spoofhounds Thursday -Boy’s Soccer vs. Chillicothe, 4 p.m. at DonaldsonWestside Park -Cross Country at Richmond Invitational in Richmond, Mo., 4 p.m. Friday -Football vs. South Harrison, 7 p.m. Senior Night Tuesday -Boy’s Soccer vs. Cameron, 4 p.m. at DonaldsonWestside Park. Senior Night
correction
Research paper The research paper published in the Wilson J. of Ornithology (Vol. 121, No. 3, 2009); “Spatial Ecology of Breeding Least Bitterns in Northwest Missouri”; was published by multi-authors (Amanda Griffin, Frank Durbian, David Easterla and Ron Bell), not one author. Amanda Griffin was Easterla’s Master Graduate Student.
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PRESIDENT JOHN JASINSKI will be inaugurated as University President on Friday. Jasinkski feels this day is more for celebrating Northwest’s past and community together.
Final preparations under way for tomorrow’s inauguration By Greg Miller News Editor Inaugurations tend to focus on one person; the leader, the symbol, the face of an institution. For President John Jasinski, it’s more than that, it is about celebrating the institution’s history and what the future will bring. “I think the inauguration means that the Northwest community can celebrate our past, really think through and embrace our culture,” Jasinski said. “I don’t think it’s a focus on an individual, but on an institution that’s ready to look at the future with high aspirations and
optimism.” Inaugural celebrations will start with the installation ceremony, when Jasinski will be presented with the ceremonial mace. The City Mayor, Chad Jackson and various University figures will present greetings and introductions. Board of Regents president Bill Loch, president emeriti Dean Hubbard and B.D. Owens will also be part of the ceremonies. The Northwest Wind Symphony and Tower Choir will perform music for the event, including an original composition by Dr. Ernest Kramer, professor of music, commissioned by the Wind Symphony specifically
for the ceremony. Jasinski said he hopes that alumni and others who return to campus for Homecoming will see the positive and progressive spirit that he feels Northwest is dedicated towards. “I think what they’ll know is that the University is on the move, and we’re not diving for cover during these tough and challenging times,” he said. “We’re an environment that understands what we’ll have to do.” Open houses and showcases will be held in Colden, Brown, Hudson and Perrin Halls and the Fine Arts Building. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and dedication for the Valk reno-
vation project will also take place. Inauguration festivities continue tomorrow afternoon with a grand reception in the Administration Building. This is Jasinski’s first Homecoming as president, and seeing so many people working to celebrate Northwest’s past and present is the ultimate joy. Instead of focusing on the leader, the symbol or the face, Jasinski is strong in his belief that this should be about the University. His theme of Homecoming and the Inauguration, continues with his theme of leading the university, by putting people first.
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Students both work and play in week long celebration By Seth Cook Editor in Chief As students leisurely slump to class something is different. An arrow points the way, not to their typical everyday hallway, but something done up a little bit differently this week. The walls of the halls are blasted with pictures drawn by students boasting reds and blues as the letters “N-W-M-S-U” slowly pass beneath their feet. Up ahead a hopscotch trail lines the floor and just beyond that a foursquare box has taken the place of the end of the hallway.
Students laugh, grin and point at all the decoration because as most have come to realize, it is Homecoming week and things are always more festive. This year’s theme is “Be a Kid Again” and it has certainly captured the minds of students and faculty alike, as they paste the halls with banners and designs. Outside of the new theme and some new Homecoming events, little has changed for students. Hard work and determination are always apart of any Homecoming-based activity, whether it is a float for the parade or skit for the
Variety Show. As the week winds down the bumps, bruises and headaches are worth it. Senses of excitement for the game and other end of the week events begin to grab hold according to Sigma Phi Epsilon member, Tyler Harris. “I am looking forward to the parade the most because we have been working on our float for three weeks, so I am looking forward to getting that done, seeing it and hop ing it looks good,” he said. Since his freshmen year, senior Joe Saffold has seen a
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SIGMA PHI EPSILION member Michael Mitchell smashes a pie in Kipton Belchers face on Wednesday. Sig Ep is raising money for Down syndrome by charging a dollar for every pie thrown